The Sun. — London, England, 1826-04-24 00:00:00

OF • THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH AR TISTS, Although this . Exhibition has now been for'Some time open to the public, we do not think it at all toe We to give, our remarks upon its merits and demerits. Indeed were ra.. tiler eigpaged to delay doing, so, in order to form our' opinion more at leisure, and that we might not be accused of prepossessing the p 704 et the public either for or against any of the works of Art here displayed. At the first opening of this Gallery for the " lie ,, ent' season, stre.3viie sorry to observe some of our contempo rsries expressing themselves in term; of indiscriminate, anti, as we think, very unjust, censure and Tirliculer on the subject. We have several times visited this Institution and paid'sonie attention " to ftrmii►g our host and most, unbiassed judgment on the works ef• Geniu* which it presents : and we do not scruple to say we 'think it a .eollietion highly creditable, , as a whole; to dug talents of the Society of British Artists. We shall proceed to mention, , in particular; those productions which have struck us most forcibly, • whether for their excellencies or defects. This exhibition iy enriched w: th many admirable landscapes by Glover, those which struck us most are No. 267, The Maud of Bac, With Arran in the distance, in which the effect of- he flutes rays through the clouds, is perfectly magical, and No. • 321., pert of the same island is exhibited with an inimitable effect . of snr.act. No. 11.—A very unpretending small landscape, is nevertheless nue of much greater merit than some of its more obtrUsive neigh - bonro ;--" Landscape with a water-mill, by J. A. Puller." No. 18.—The dedication, by Ilitcber, has become deservedly ' 4 .• popular by its powerful humour. The extacy of the pact at hav ing hit the happy idea for his dedication, and such a dedication, ,for it may be read at full length) is quite admirable. No. 6.—lndustry--4;hews that Mr. H. H. Short() has not only industry, but also promising talent. No. 22.—Russlyn Castle we ought to have named when speak- ing of Clover. The trampareney of the water would be admirable, if the artist had been at the Mechanics' Institute, to learn optics; ' the boy's legs, in the water, appear as straight as if there were no such thing as refraction ; this somewhat spoils the illusion. No. 29.—The contentk.4l Cobler, by A. Fraser—We are well contented, but we do not see why the cobler is called so. .1 Wood's Portrait of a Lady, No. 37, has much life in it; and . Ciater's " Patient," No. 89, much humour, gout, and impatience: No. a, " The Thief," by Pidding, should rather be called the miseries of thieving, or attempting to steal what you, first • cannot reach. EVery muscle of the unfortunate terrier is strained to the utmost, in the vain attempt to reach a piece of meat, which is too far on the table. No. 47, called " Let me go," (T. Ginter), is a damsel not over anxious that her command should be obeyed. She is meant for a milk-maid, but has all the air and attitude of a fine lady ; No. 48, on the other hand, is meant for a young buly, but has quite the air of a milk-maid. No, '7B is a very good river scene, by moonlight, not a little itt.the" , stile of Vanderneer, by E. Williams; and the next (79), is a capital landscape, without any nonsense or pretence, by Ward; No. ISO, is quite the reverse: a glaring confusion of colours, pomp, and pageantry ;—called a City of Ancient Preece—with the return of a v:dnrious armament—or what you pleue. No. 185, Manoall'a Sacrifice, is very well, except that the angel is catching hold of the clouds, to prevent himself from falling. No. 104.—Portrait 9f T. Campbell, F.,sq. is probably de signed to adorn the hall of the London University. We have not Ward of this distinguished poet having met with any accident lately, but he is certainly here represented with his arms sadly :d l rd nested. No. 141.—Tbe Puritan "banging of his cat on Monday, for hiding of a mouse on Sunday," is inimitable in its solemn burnout.. E. Pro's Cos. ' There are many clever, simple little landscapes, which we can not enumerate. This class of compositions is always more to • our taste the lens attempt is made at effect, and the niece closely .0.11 re is copied, her accidental defects being kept out of sight,and her heinuties judiciously selected and combined, with v. sufficient,unity of subject to excite and concentrate attention. We particularly dvrecate -in landscapes elaborate attempts to exhibit unusual. nffects, audit as are seldom seen and have little to recommend 'thorn but thin rarity, and may be called portraits of sinfptlar nap turd phenomena. These ought to be communicated to scientific societies and not put into exhibitions. We were pleased with the simple compositions, Nos. 158, 168, 214, 276, 278, and 360. Notwithstanding what we have just said, we must praise No. 182, "The morning after a Storm," by A. Fraser. Nasmyth's Carisbrook Castle is in perfectly' good keeping throughout, and very interesting, (No. 192), as also Stirling Castle (No. 317), 'hy B. Price. To Wilson's "breeze" (124), Stark's landscape (1 32 )—Noble's fishing boats off Hastings, (140) and Landseer's " Two pointers in a turnip-field, So ho t" (187), we trust our readers will pay particular attention. No. 188,—is somewhat good, but not very perspicious. A, college youth, it seems, has had the audacity to choose the very front of his college gate, for the scene of some most unacademical Pomps with a very pretty young lady. The game seems to be bobbing cherries into the mouth of another youth. We are sur prised this irregularity is not put a stop to by the Proctors. No. 193—will give much delight to those who admire Mr. .Martin. Nu. 216—Annette and Lubin, by Riteher, has been much talked of.. We confess it does not altogether please us; sod yet there is very considerable power and expression in it. Northcote's Daniel in the Den of Lions (229) wants the dignity and elevation becoming the subject, the angel looks more like a syren. 'rho great picture of Cain, after the murder of Abel, (237) by J. Stump, is one which gives eminent promise of the highest rank in historical painting. The conception and design have real sub hinity ; the only fault which strikes us is the raw redness of the 'flesh tints; this displeases the eye and spoils the effect, We hope Mr. Stump will continue a diligent study of the customs, and not , be nilAed by any modern vagaries. it group of family portraits—from an infant up. wards through various steps ; all with a strong family 'likeness; but all unfortunately plain, and the more so as they rise in age, so that tlie father of the flock wisely does not venture to show his face hot only peeps through the door. head by Chafer, is capital. 403 ---The Medway-fog clearing off is very good, (0, Webster,) and not less so the Moonlight, (348) by J. Ward. Miss Bointnont has shown very pleasing talent In 6 ' the pet rabbit," (350.) No. 382—is an admirable .effect of Mint on the beach at I East ifiga, by S. Austin. Yoriek (394 Laporte) is not bad, and Ichabod Crane 018 Da has a good effect. In (420) " All Souls College," it was evidently the artist's ob ject to represent a,variety of academical costume, which it is a pity he did not do inure correctly when he was about it. 332; Is a Masterly old man's head, with a silly name. By T. Clater. - We notice No. 343, not because the subject is particularly interesting, but because Mr. W. Long has in it displayed his sense in not being above imitating the old Masters. He has evidently been studying Julio Romano—and, if next .time be will only take a good_ subject, and keep to the classical forms of that great Master, we may expect something of considerable beauty. No. 361. The Bracebridge Family, by J. Dearman, is not de ficient in humour and character but we think "the fair futin,' is by no means flattered. To No. 373. called 4, Melrose Abbey,—moonlight," is append cd`Walter Scoteti well known descriptive lines : but we must say they contrast Most unhappily with the picture. We will not be too critical upon " the Worthies of Devon," or several others which we could name. In the Sculpture Room there are two very spirited models, by J. Henning, jun. (713, 714 4 ) the first, a Charge of the Life Guards, ought to be patronized' as a bas relief for some public Military building. No. 745, is a capital bust of Northcote, and 740, one of Nollekens. 761, is called a model of a Corinthian capital, the chief fault of which is, that it is not Corinthian. To return to the Paintings :—Mary's Dream (417), E. Prentis, is very good. Alexander taming Bucephalus (426) it a sad glare of white and red, and the youth's features express any thing rather than heroism or even jockeyship. We have reserved to the last, two eminently beautiful produc tions, to which we are sure no visitor of this ?hibition will fail to pay due respect. The first of these is No l " Portrait of a Young Lady :" by G. Browning: The emession, particu larly of the eyes, is, truly exquisite, hut if this delightful face charms us in the Allegro style, we have now to name one far more excei., lent in the Penseroso way. This is No. 90, called " The Lock, t,' by J. Inskipp.. We do not hesitate to say that it is a chef d auvre of its kind. Since the exhibition of the inimitable portrait of the C,ountesi of Blessington, by Sir T. Lawrence, (which every one remembers), we have seen nothing to come near this. The Painter has most unnecessarily illustrated the title of it by some lines but the Picture itself tells its own story a thousand times better than any lines can do. We pronounce it perfectly lovely : and should be almost ashamed to confess how long we sat before it. No. 107. Should not be passed over—this is a very good view near Northfleet, by C. F. Wickateed. We have, doubtless, passed by many Paintings, which we could have wished our limits would have allowed us to notice : we trust we shall stand excused from the impossibility of naming every one—and, as to those which have been spoken of, we, without imagining that we shall find all agree with us, have endeavoured fairly to discharge our duty as critics, but we trust all our Readers either hive been, or will go, to form their own judgment. This exhibition is decidedly one which eminently deserves the support and patronage, of the public. SHEERNESS DOCK YARD. Some papers. have been printed by order of the House of Commons relating to the works going for ward at Sheerness, accompanied with three plans, it spectively showing the yard in its original state, the improvements suggested by the late Mr. Rennie, and the whale of the repairs and improvements both in the departments of the Civil Engineer and Arehitect,p3 finally decided upon and now in progress under a con tract with Messrs. Jollifre, Banks, and Nicholson, dated Ist January ; 182.5.. By this 'contract these gentlemen agree .to complete every part of the work for the sum of 864,000/. leaving it exclusively to the opi nion and judgment of the Navy Board's Engineers whether the works are, executed: in a proper, work- manlike, substantial manner, and binding' themselves to make good anti• damage or failme which,may be dis covered m the course. of one year from the date of the certificate of the engineers, as to the good performance of the work. , •. Contrasting the original estimates of the late Mr. Rennie, with the sum agreed. to be, paid to the con tractors, the difference is 92,5011. ni favour of the Public; and, in the Department of the Architect, the difference, is 62,5501. making a total of 155,0511. Every exertion is now making to finish these works with as much expedition. as possible ; and, from the success which has hitherto attended the whole of the operations, there is every reason to look forward with confidence to an equally successful termination. Sheer ness dock-yard will then form one of the most com plete naval eStabliShments in the kinidom, and the in— creased expedition. and economy with which ships of war will be equipped and refitted for sea, will fully re pay the cxpenco and labour which have been em-. ployed in contracting it. If the plan Of forming a Great Naval Arsenal at Northileet had been carried into effect, it. would not have been necessary to do more at Sheerness than to rebuild and restore the old portion of the yard, find to construct a basin fir the refitting of , frigates and smaller vessels, which heretofore were greatly re tarded in their equipment, by the difficulty and occasional impossibility of communicating with them when at moorings in the harbour. But without the basin and. docks at Sheerness or Northflect, it seems difficult to conceive in what way the large fleet now in the Medway cou ld h ave b een fitted for sea on any emergency, or even kept in a proper state of repair; and in the event of any future war with the Northern Powers, the importance of Sheerness will be of the first consequence to the mari time interests of Great Britain. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE MORNING HERALD. Sra—Observing in your paper of yesterday's date, a " Return of the number of Midshipmen promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, between the Ist .of January 1825,and Ist ofJa nutu y 1826," in whichmy name is mentioned as having entered the: service the 4th oMaiy 1819, I beg leave to state, in contra diction to the aourcewbence you received your information, that I entered it on the Sd of May 1816. Allow me to observe, in justice to the service at large, that from the date of a person entering the profession, to the date of his promotion to the. rank of Lieutenant, a conclusion is not to be drawn that the intermediate time has been actually spent in the service ; in many cases, quite the contrary; and if those who en tered the : Nary in 1800, 1805, and 1806, whose names have been so emphatically mentioned, and drawn up, in comparison with mine and some others, had remained in it eight years, with out leaving it, they would have been included in the promotion that took place in 1815,'when all these who had served that time with credit received Lieutenants' commissions. Conceiving it but just, that when an officer's name appears be fore the public, the -facts mentioned concerning him should be guided purely by truth, I trust you will give publicity to this state ment, and that it may find a place in your columns is the request of—Sir, your obedient and bumble servant, RICHARD Surrey, Am IgH 2I. ARD BYRON, Lieut. R. N. Leatherhead, FLANDERS MAIL. ST. PETERSI3URGII, Anti!. 5. Our Journals contain a detailed account of the grand review before the Winter Palace, on the Anniversary of the entrance of the Allies into Paris. By the Order of the Day of the Slat of March, his Majesty an nounces to the Russian army, that the late Emperor intended to give medals to all those who were in that campaign, commemo rating the entrance of the troops into Paris, and his Majesty takes the opportunity of the first anniversary of the 31st of March un der his reign, to fulfil the intention of Alexander, by giving the medals promised. On the same day his Majesty addressed the following rescript to the Duke of Wellington " To our Field Marshal General the Duke of Wellington. " In order to testify to you my particular esteem for your great qualities, and for the distinguished services which you have ren dered to all Europe, it will be highly agreeable to me if one re giment of my army bears your name. On this day the 19th (31st) of March, on which Paris was taken 12 years ago, and an ever-memorable contest, in which the good cause indebted to you for such splendid triumphs, was terminated. I have given orders that the Smolensk° Regiment of Infantry, formed by Peter the Great, and one of the most distinguished of my army, which was formerly under your command in France, shall henceforward be called the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, as I wish hereby to give you a proof of toy constant and sincere regard. (Signed) " NICHOLAS." The Duke of Wellington, as we understand, leaves us to-mor row. He has, during the last few days, visited all the establish ments fur education which are under thn especial direction of her Majesty the Empress Mother. _ The following extract f rom a letter which we have received from an officer at Arracan, deed Nov. 1, giVes a most !amentable account of the state of the army serving in that coun try--a force of 9,000 men, reduced by dreadful disease to less than 2,000 effective men, and 100 officers obliged to leave their regi ments, and return to Calcutta. " You can scarcely conceive a situation in which the acknowledged causes of disease are more abundant than at this truly designated 'Valley of Death.' A low swampy country, covered with thick jungle, extends as far as the eye can reach. Arising almost immediately out of these pestilen tial swamps appear the low hills of Arracan, on which the miserable huts of the officers are built, and beneath which stand the more miserable habitations of the European soldiers and sepoys. We had just time to get tinder shelter before the commencement of the rains, which full in such torrents as baffles all description...—. To give you, however, some idea of their violence—the average quantity of rain which fell here, in one month, was 60 inches, while the usual quantity in Calcutta, where rains are more vio lent than in most parts of Hindostan, amounts to but 70 inches for the whole year. With all this additional moisture, which completely saturated every thing under its influence, and to such a degree, that the blanket under which I slept ac tually went rotten and fell to pieces in a few days, the occa sionally powerful heat of the sun excited vegetation to an almost incredible extent; and this, added to the originally existing causes of disease, produced sickness to such an extent, that out of probably 8,000 or 9,000, who first entered Arracan, there are not 2,000 to lie found who have escaped disease altogether, exclusive, however, of a corps of Mugs, who are the original in habitants, and have remained healthy. There are not above half that number yet sufficiently recovered to be able to bear the fatigue of three marches. Several of the regiments have every single man in the hoipitali and the mortality amongst Europeans has been dreadful, five or six out of a hundred dying daily ; but amongst the natives, the scenes of misery, sickness, and death, exceed all poWers of description. Conceive hundreds of wretches crowded as thick as they can be in one raised platform or bed-place, each groaning under the pains of fevers, agues, and dysenterks, with scarcely a rag to cover them, with scarcely a roof to shelter them from the torrents of rain which fell for days, perhaps weeks to gether, wallowing in all kinds of filth, and inhaling the most in supportable stenches—many of them without any one to feed or attend on them, and many reduced to such a state of emacia tion as to be in the strictest literal sense nothing but skin and bone. Conceive, if you can, all this, and much more, and you will have but a faint idea indeed of the sufferings of our poor, brave, unfortunate, but unrepining Sepoya, at this pestilential and indescribably filthy and miserable place. We are obliged to throw the carcases into the muddy river which branches in dif ferent directions through the town, which is the repository alike of men, elephants, bullocks, dogs, and all other animals ; some half eaten by crows and vultures, others swelled and bloated, far too disgusting to be described. Upwards of 100 officers have left this place, as the only hope of recovering from sickness here contracted ; and more than SO have here found their graves."— ( Hampshire Telegraph.) SENDING BRITISH SUBJECTS BEYOND THE SEA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—We have heard with regret, that several parishes in London and its vicinity, are desirous of exercising their authority in a manner not alone simply illegal, but in the highest degree unconstitutional, and in direct opposition to the express words of Magna Cherie and the Habeas Corpus Act. They' arc, it is said, making prepara tions for exiling or banishing from their Land, such children whose misfortunes have rendered them in mates of the poor-house, and in this instance assuming to themselve s a power positively denied to the King in Counc.l, and unknown to our laws. I trust, however, once warned of the dangerous consequences of such u iwarrantuble proceedings, they will abstain from so v:olent an act. Magna Charta explicitly de clares that no freeman shall be exiled, or in any other ways destroyed, unless by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land; and by the 36th Ed. I. st. 4, c. 6., breakers of this charter are to be excommunicat ed. Independently, however, of this declaration, the Habeas Corpus Act, sec. 12., is even more explicit, and visits on offenders of this description a punish ment, certainly severe, but scarcely adequate to the crime. It makes them subject to an action at law, in which the Jury arc not allowed to give damages below 500/., and the plaintiff will recover treble costs. It renders persons acting in the perpetration of this un constitutional violence, incapable of holding any office, and subject to the pains and penalties of a PrLemunire, which at once crushes them to complete beggary, and disables them from being pardoned by the King. I am, &c. K. TRISH NEWSPAPERS. Will Mr. 'fluine never haVe done blundering? We really think the Honourable Gentleman aught to look a little more closely into the character and credibility of his informants. It was only a few months ago that we had him preferring accusations of the most serious natur,l, founded on the statements of a Gentleman who has since figured in a different line—we allude to Mr. Burridge, the poor man who has lately issued cards, presenting his " compliments to the Kings, Lords, and Commons," for their " obliging inquiries for the salvation of bribery and corruption, and the damnation of the navy, &c." In the debate of Friday night, re lative to the insertion of Government advertisements in the Irish Newspapers, Mr. Hume is represented as having committed blunders of the most glaring de scription. Can any thing be more absurd th an t h e idea of supposing that any improper influence was exerted by Government in sending, as Mr. Hume is reported to have stated, " 1801, to the Kerry Even ing Post, per Robert Shaw, Esq," It turns out, however, that for « Kerry . Evening Post" we are to read " C or k Ad vert i ser , and that th e on l y cause ' o f sending the money througli 'the hands of that Gentle man, waS simply his being a banker in Dublin con nected with the town .in 'which the - Paper was published What renders the matter still more ridiculous is, that the Cork Advertiser, the Paper al-, luded to by Mr. Hume, and of which he is reported to have stated that the amount of advertisements in the year 1822 was reduced one-fifth, " which reduction , has still continued," has not been in existence for the last tae years ! NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 22.—This afternoon arrived the Son reign transpint, Lieut. J. T.: Kelm!, Agent, having left Malta on the 20th March, and Gibraltar the 7th inst . ., with various de tachments of ordnance and naval stores, and mails from those places. The Marquis of Hastings had left Gibraltar, in the He rald, 12 days, for Malta. The Brisk, Capt. Charles Hope, (the only ship of war at Malta), arrived on the 20th March from Eng land. The Eden, with Commissioner Ross, from Jamaica, left Gibraltar on the 6th instant, for Malta. The Vibelia and Cato transports left Gibraltar, for Edgland, with the Sovereign; and the Maria transport arrived on the same day from Portsmouth and Lisbon. The following passengers came by,the Sovereign:— Mrs. Handcock and family, Mr. A. B. Whitmore, Mr. P. Whit more, Major Peddie, 95th Regiment; Major Butler, late 80th; Capt. Fraser, Royal Artillery ; Capt. Kirwan, 91th ; Captain Gascoigne, 94th ; Lieut. Jeffries, 80th ; Lieut. Gordon, 95th ; Lieut. Ravenscroft, 64th ; Dr. Jones, R.A. The Sovereign has brought three asses of unrivalled beauty, strength, and symmetry, as a present from the Civil Government of Malta to his Majesty. The Philomel, 10, Lord Win. Paget, went out of harbour this morning, fitted for the Channel service. At Spithead—Dryad, Jasper, and Philomel. In the harbour—Victory, Ganges, Mel ville, Spartiate, Ariadne, Espiegle, Heron, Contest, Arrow, Asp, Dwarf, and Cracker. SIERRA LEONE, FEB. 8, 1826.—The Maidstone (Commodore Bullen) sailed on the 30th, on a cruise to leeward; the Esk in company. The Leven, tender, Captain Owen, Balled on the 4th inst. for the survey of the shoals of St. Anne. His Excellency General Turner sailed on the 7th, in the Colonial brig Susan, for the Sherbro, accompanied by the Commissary Judge, and another Member of the Council. The Redwing is gone to leeward on a cruise; the Brazen is daily expected, having sixty men and officers absent from her in prizes. The conflict and steam boat are hourly expected. On the Bth arrived his Majesty's ship Swinger, from Ascension, having been there to recruit her ship's company. The Dispatch is expected to return to England in April, with the engineer officers who came out to inspect the forts on the coast. Nothing more is known of the enterprising travellers landed at Badagry, in November. A Brazilian prize of the Athol's is just arrived, which vessel had been given up, owing to the length of her passage—every body well on board, but the slaves have suffered much for want of provisions. DEVONPORT, APRIL 21.—Arrived the Badger, 10, Captain Charles Crowdy, from the River, with seamen.-L-Sailed the Beagle, 10, Captain P. Stokes, for Cork; Bittern, for Liverpool; Camelion, on a cruise. Ships in Hamoaze—Britannia and Windsor Castle guard ship. Java, Blonde, Forte, and Success fitting ; and Vigilant cutter refitting. APRIL 22.—Arrived the Nightingale, Cotton, from Bristol, with volunteer seamen for his Majesty's ship Forte. Sailed last night his Majesty's sloop Badger, for Cork. The signal is now flying for the Britannia and Windsor Castle, each to send 20 men, to assist in getting the Blonde ready. The weather at this port has been unusually fine, but rather cold for the climate and season : the winds prevailing so much from the N. and E. have been the cause. SHEERNESS, APRIL 22.—His Majesty's ship Gloucester, of 74 guns, in commission at this port, has been ordered to lie fitted with all possible expedition, for the reception of the Duke of De vonshire and his retinue of about 60 persons, whom she is to con vey to the Baltic. The Lightning, and one other steam-vessel, will accompany the Gloucester to Cronstadt, for the purpose of con veying the mission from thence to St. Petersburgh. Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton, of the Gloucester, was ordered to attend the Lords of the Admiralty, for the purpose of receiving verbal instructions upon some points of preparation, and it is ex pected that the Gloucester will be ready in a fortnight. His Majesty's ship Blonde, Lord Byron, which was fitting for his Grace's reception, would not have afforded buflicient ac commodation for the numerous suite. Lieut. George Dyer, R.N., who recently so lamentably lost his life in the Coast Blockade Service, was the son of the late General Dyer, of this division of Royal Marines, and grandson of Admiral Jones. Mr. John Goldsmith, Purser, R.N., has been appointed to the Prince Regent yacht. NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN SUBSCRIPTION ROOM, APRIL 24. [Copy of a Letter, dated Batavia, 18th December.] " The affairs of this Government wear a gloomy aspect ; their' finances are in distressed state, owing to large debts, amount of Paper money in circulation being great, and little silver to be had, as you will suppose, when silver guilders range in the several divisions of the island at from 35 to 20 0-0 ; they are bought by this government at 20 to 22 0-0 to pay their 'troops. The policy punned (hiring the last five years by Government have brought this colony to the verge of ruin (I should rather say im policy); the natives have discovered the weakness of the Dutch, and are taking advantage of it in many of their possessions. In Java the natives of the interior of Samarang have taken the field since. July, and this Goiernment ac knowledge that they have not power or policy to put down this serious rebellion, as many eoldiers have been sacri ficed, and with no other effect than teaching the insurgents hoiv to fight, to retract and value the Dutch power ; their leaders are 'getting bolder every day. The Dutch forces are now com pelled to remain inactivein their several fortresses. I shall not be in the least surprised to learn that the rebels have carried them all by storm when the rains are passed. The object the leaders of the insurrection have in view is to establish the native power, say the Saltanus dominions, independent of European contrOul : they have no disposition to make conquest of the Sea Board, West of Cheribon. All is quiet, and no fears are entertained that it will not continue so. [FROM LLOYD'S.] The following information was this morning received at Lloyd's:— TOTAL DISTRUCTION OF THE HON. COMPANY'S SHIP ROYAL. Gaol= BY Pm: AT CHINA.--" The Royal George, Captain Timmins, was totally destroy e d by fi re on 24th D ecem b er at China, no property saved, but fortunately no lives were lost. The fire was discovered about half-past four A.M. by the Officer of the watch, and which originated in the gun-room, and spread so rapidly, that by a quarter past five every person MS obliged to quit the ship, previous to which they had slipped her cables, and she drifted down with the tide clear of several ships, and grounded at the bottom of Whampoa Beach, where she blew up about 8 A.M., and by noon was burnt to the water's edge. The hull and some damaged raw silk were sold two days previous to the sailing of the Farquharson, the former sold for 10,400 dollars. The Chief Officer of the Royal George has come in the Far (pharaoh." _ _ The Farquharson, arrived off Portsmouth, when nff the Cape, spoke the harmony, two days out• from the Cape, bound eastward, who informed them that the Honourable Company's ship Atlas, fine, from, China, was laying there the 20th February, and that Lord Charles Somerset lutd taken his passage in her. DrAL, APRIL 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Ceres, —, from Bombay ; Cambridge, Barber, from Bengal ; and John iuul John and Elizabeth, from St. Michael's. Arrived from the River and sailed the Zeno, Lawstin, for Jamaica ; Eliza, Barney, for St. Domingo ; Prospect, .—, and Shakspear, Goldie, for Qne bee; Plata, White, for Trinidad; William Manning, Smith, for St. Kitts ; Mary, Bennett, for Berbice, and Robert Edwards, Sherburn, for New York. PORTSMOUTII, APRIL 23.—Wind N.—Arrived the Sovereign and Cato transports from Malta and Gibraltar ; sailed from the former 20th March, and from the latter 7th April ; Joseph Green transport, from Dominica in 37 days; Eagle, Tompkin, from Galipoli ; Mary, Bridges, from London for Jamaica; sailed the Arab transport for Barbadoes, and Ditchburn, Blackett, for St. John's ; off the Wight the Minerva, for Bengal. FALMOUTH, Aram 22.—Wind N.N.W.,--Arrived the Hope well, Cuthbertson, from Vera Cruz, in 46 days, short of provi sions, and the Amos, from New York and Brackson; Cumming, from Zante. Arrived off the Wight the Farquharson, —, f rom c hina ; and the Minerva, Probyn, from Bengal. • The jernima, Norton, from St. John's, N. 8., to London, was totally hxt 25tli February, near Seal, sland ;—the master and six of the crew drowned. The Mary and Susan, bound to Hamburgh, was driven on shore near Charleston on the 23d ult. _ --, from New Orleans to Havre, was lost 26th February on Florida Reef, Th e S usa n, Sullivan, from St. Andrew's, N. 8., was aban doned at sea early last month; only four days out. Last night Viscount Fordwich left town with dis patches from the Foreign-office, for his uncle the Hon. Frederick Lamb, the British Ambassador at Madrid. The Earl of Liverpool and the Earl of Harrowby transacted business yesterday afternoon with Mr. Se cretary Canning. LONDON, MONDAY .EVENING, APRIL, 24, 1826. The French Papers 'of Friday and Saturday, which reached us last night, contain matter of some interest' The Ministers on Tuesday 'were defeated in th e Chamber of Deputies on a motion made by M. Ci s ' SIMIR PERRIER, respe c ti ng th e R o y a l Winona!) th the Bth of February, for carrying into effect the 'stir' lotions of the Convention of the 26th January, O W . Wishing Reciprocity between the Port Dues of Eng" land and France. Previously to that Convention French ships entering the Ports of this Country, vve re liable to a duty of three times the amount which they will now have to pay : brit were not 'liable to any ton , nage duty on r e- en t er i ng th e P or ts of F ra nce, tinder the conditions of the- Treaty, French ships on their return in-su c h cases to F renc h P o rts, arc to pay a n a equal duty to t h at l evied upon t hem the Ports of England, or as our ships pay in 'F r ance. The Fren c h Ministry s e em to have f or g otten that the Royal p rerogat i ve of mak i na T rea ties'wit h Foreign carry in g Powers, was re s t r i cte d b y th e Charter from the conditions of t h ose T reat i es in to e ffect, withou t the sanction of the L eg i s l ature , if t h e y i nv olved the 01 3°- sition of a ny new T ax : an d t h e y thus laid themselves open to the attack of the Opposition, who approv ed the principle of the Regulation of the Ordinance, bu t contended that it was an usurpation by the Crown °( • the power of the three branchea Of the L e gislate After making an ingenious speech, M r . CAssIMI ll PERRIER proposed as an amendment on the Law ° f the Douanes, a clause, sanctioning the conditions °t the Treaty. This gave rise to an animated debate, hich terminated by a vote of 183 for the amendinot, and 145 against it, leaving M. de* VILLEL} minority of 38. The Papers o f. contain Deputies, ai'° on an ate motionr es t fo iu r the Debateprol the Cha tion of Docum en t s re l at i ve to the Evences 0 f tbu War in Spain, b u t b ot h propositions move d by NI. de CAMBON on thi s subject were rejected. g itic' German Papers arrived this morning but their COO tents are unimportant. We subjoin a few extracts' 1716. _ ant•ricFoßT, •41 ,0. The latest Itali an J ourna l s of Apr i l 8, make no m ention of tug' unfortunate events at Alissolonghi. LEtesta,,itruli- 13 The payment of the l as t mont h o f M arch has not p r oduced 1 : ). new catastrophe. Some com p os i t i ons of fore i gn d e btors WI 'n deed affected so me o f our merchants, bu t these are ordinarycurrenees. We h ave h a d no new bankruptcies, thoug h the Prj°cipal persons on our E xc h ange have not shown so muc h patrio ti° as those of Frankfort and Hamburgb, in supporting thei r Christians. Th e num b er o f Georgians anti Persians, rthe increases, and thei r d uca t s are a l rea dy in brisk circulat i " English C o tt on , manu f actures , an d G erman W o olens, &c: More are expected from these parts of Persia $s sill as Russians and Poles, so that the prospect is pretty 1 English g oo d s are no t i n g r ea t a b un d ance , an d go ld is 1 4 ° 4 , value, because a great deal is remitted to England, while lith e drawn from that country. The liberality ,of the, Prussian °f vernment in assisting the landhold ers w ith . l o ane upon dernis ,0 wool, has already facilitated the sales of the wool warebetoed 1.0 London; and, as this will check the sale of the Spring ' O3l O l . Prussia, and our Governm en t w ill h ar dly adopt the sa rne sure, it may be expected th a t th e E ng lish, Netherlanders, "' be French, will purchase to advantageut our first wool 0 4 t° e held in May, this year, wh en the prices willprobablyherßCll Wsir: STOCKHOLUt car' Our commerce with the East Indies, which is now ore tied on for the account of private persons, seems to be 111. f °f flourishing th an w h en it was carried on exclusi vel y the East „India Company. Within, these - few _days Syren, Captain Mohen, has arrived in our roads vultu re, rich cargo from Batavia . and Sincapore. The Calcutta also PRICES OF STOCKS TIII S DAY AT ONE.O'CLOCIf South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto„„,.. Ex. MllBlOOO/. 2d....12 11 pm. Ditto 509!. 2d. Ditto Small 2d ll pm. Ditto Advertised Bank. for Acdt. India for Acct. Cons. for Acct. Bank Stock - 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. .79 ii 3 per Cent. .. Ditto Red. 4 per C ent. New 4 per Cent. Scrip Bank Long Ann. India stock ... 228 Ditto Bond 3 PRICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian Mk, 5 per cent.— Brazilian Lids ' 55 Buenos Ayres Bds Chilian Bds, li per ct. — Colombianllds Do. 1824 Danish, 3p. et. ......... 53ji Greek Bds 'NDS AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Minds 3lj Portuguese Bonds Prummian. 3 per cent. Ditto. New RusmiNn, New, 5 p.c Spanisli.lll2l, c• • ••• n a Do. , 1826 Ouatimala Frenchlt i elt a es p. c. —f. :Exel).arige —f.-_c. 3 P. c• --- Exchange Mexican &Ix. 55 fi Do. 1825 PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Per Share. Tlalpuxahua Alining C om p an y Welch Iron and Coal Mi n i ng C ompany li Protector Fire As s U rance Company PRICE OF IRISH STOCKS, APRIL 20. Bank Stock Om Deb. 3A percent.... 8-i4i St. Patrick iPa)tebric.k4lin7tieraeltlche.i:i '' ' 0 11 . Gov. Stoek, per ct.... 84 .3 Royal Irish Ditt0............ Do. New — rational Ditto ............... 4 per cent. New Patriotic Ditto ............... Consols 3 perceni. — Hibernian Bank ............ Hopi! Canal Stock Granil Canal Stack, 8 Royal Irish ...... (lit'. Ditto Loan, 4 per dent. Imperial Mine ........ par. Ditto Ditto, 6 per cent. FOREIGN MAILS. univr.D. Due. 1 Gottenburgh lain burgh . II olland - Flanders - France HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 14 minutes utter 4. j Evening, 311 minutes after S. Ulu gun,